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having small pieces or lumps spread throughout
a nubby yarn that produces bumpy fabrics when woven
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Recent Examples of nubby
These simple bars with a nubby, crumbly topping hold up well for travel, easily feed a crowd and are maximally adaptable.
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Melissa Clark, New York Times, 21 May 2025
However, its nubby reign in richer colors, patterns, and sometimes still in those lighter hues is up for designer debate.
—Kristen Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 12 May 2025
What gives bouclé its characteristic nubby texture is the way the yarn is formed into loops.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Jan. 2025
Drawbacks of linen Linen’s slightly nubby, rougher texture may be perfect to one person and totally sandpapery to another.
—Kathleen Felton, SELF, 19 Nov. 2024
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Melissa Clark, New York Times, 21 May 2025
However, its nubby reign in richer colors, patterns, and sometimes still in those lighter hues is up for designer debate.
—Kristen Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 12 May 2025
What gives bouclé its characteristic nubby texture is the way the yarn is formed into loops.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Jan. 2025
Drawbacks of linen Linen’s slightly nubby, rougher texture may be perfect to one person and totally sandpapery to another.
—Kathleen Felton, SELF, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nubby
Adjective
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Does the couch have a tendency to sag or do the cushions feel lumpy?—
Melissa Maria,
Architectural Digest,
27 Aug. 2025
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Government contracts tend to be lumpy and unpredictable, making future growth harder to forecast.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Because of that, thick fire walls were installed throughout the plant's buildings.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The air was damp and listless and the heat was something to wade through, thick as molasses.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Style it alongside your go-to baggy jeans and chunky earrings, and become the head-turner of the hour.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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Here, Cole & Son’s Zellige Olive border underlines the chunky moldings in this dining room by interior designer Caitlin Kah.—
Emily Williams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The side with the brown mascara has thin, precise bristles that helped separate my lashes to look like tiny spider legs rather than a clumpy bowl of cake batter.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The wine should coat the salt but not dissolve it—you're looking for a damp, clumpy texture, not a paste.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Nubby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nubby. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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